Sarada Namburi

214-***-****

acgnd7@r.postjobfree.com

Citizenship

Experience Summary

. Over 12 years of experience in Information Technology with skills in

Business Analysis, Development and Quality Assurance for the Web Based

n-tier & Client-server Applications.

. Participated in both manual and automated testing various applications

using Testing Tools such as Clear Case, Clear Quest, Win Runner, and

Load runner also Quick Test Pro

. Regularly used Test Director / Quality Center to perform Defect

logging & tracking.

. Proficient at QA Methodologies and Validations to ensure the Quality

Assurance Control.

. Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) as well as

STLC

. Involved in reporting progress on test case execution, defect testing

and closure, or planning activities weekly and as required to the

QA Lead and QA management.

. Good hands on experience in Performance Testing in Web-based, Client-

Server and Middleware Applications.

. Expertise in Functional, System, Integration, and Regression Testing

including development of Robust Test Scripts according to the Business

Functional Specifications along with maintenance as required.

. Primary POC in the team to carry out database testing by creating and

executing SQL queries.

. Strong Hands on Catching E2E and SIT testing related issues and

analyzing them.

. Extensively involved in Back-end testing as part of manual testing

using SQL for data validation.

. Good Knowledge in writing Test Plans, Test Strategies, Test Scripts,

Test Scenarios and Test Cases for both Manual and Automated Testing by

using IPM, QC and TD

. Excellent skills in Functional Testing, GUI testing, Regression

Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Progression testing.

. Experienced in White Box Testing, System Level Testing, Stress

Testing, Integration Testing, Database Testing, Performance Testing,

Alpha, Beta and XML Application using Automation tools.

. Strong hands on experience in handling testing issues with developers.

. Preparing Reports on test case execution, defect testing and closure,

or test planning activities weekly and as required to the QA Lead and

QA management.

. Took the responsibility to lead status call as per the project

assignments.

. Actively Involved in Test planning calls with BA's and developers,

daily stand up calls with Project release mangers UAT and End to End

team.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Testing Tools: WinRunner, LoadRunner, Test Director 7.6, Quality Center

11.0 (including Administration), QTP, UFT, ALM, Selenium,

Clear Case, and ClearQuest.

Operating Systems: UNIX, MS-DOS, Solaris, Windows NT and Windows 2000,

OS400 (AS400)

Scripting languages: VB Scripting, Java Script.

Documentation Tools: MS Word 2000, MS Excel 2000, MS PowerPoint 2000

Programming Languages: Java, C, C++, C sharp, Unix Shell Scripts,

SQL, PLSQL and T-SQL, .Net, VB, Microsoft Excel, Word,

Visio, POS, Soap UI & XML, PowerPoint, Cognos, Informatica.

GUI: Developer 2000, and Power Builder

Databases: Oracle 10g/9i / 8i / 7.1, MS-SQL Server 7.0 / 6.5, DB2.

Education

. Bachelors of Engineering.

PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Frontier Communications, Addison, TX

May 2014 - Oct

2014

Sr. QA Analyst

Frontier Communications is an S&P 500 company providing a variety of

technology products and services to both residential and business customers

in suburban, small/medium towns, and rural areas across the U.S. Frontier

products include high speed broadband, advanced voice products, satellite

video, along with personal online and data security solutions.

In this CT conversion project Frontier Communications to Acquire AT&T's

Wireline Residential and Business Services and Associated Assets in

Connecticut. Key Conversion Activities: Data Landing and Reconciliation,

Source to target data mapping, Conversion programming and Execution, Error

review and resolution, Bill Cycle/Bill Verification or reconciliation,

Review Conversion Control Reports (CCR).

Responsibilities:

. Developed functions for data driven test scripts for Functional

testing.

. Designed and developed the test strategies and test plans.

. Worked on different testing methodologies (functional, regression,

system, integration, performance, stress, smoke) based on the business

requirements.

. Defined and reviewed automation test plans using QTP.

. Modified and Executed automated and manual test scripts for different

modules using QTP.

. Involved in maintaining and uploading the QTP Scripts to Quality

Center.

. Coordinated test process with business analysts, application

developers and data architecture team.

. Good hands on Experience in AS400, web launcher and J-walk GUI.

. Created performance test scripts for web launcher and configuration of

performance tests Using Load Runner.

. Extensively Knowledgeable on performance tuning activities.

. Executed manual test cases according to stress and load testing

scenarios.

. Developed and managed test data and managed billing environment.

. Provided Project leads with weekly status reports.

. Worked as Mercury QC admin to add new users, add multiple new fields,

including customization of QC, routine maintenance and ad-hoc user

requests.

. Experienced in writing SQL to confirm the system is writing and

displaying correct data. Oracle SQL tools used: Toad.

. Involved in code reviews and made valuable suggestions to the

development team.

. Extensively worked on bill verification and comparison, validating

maintenance tables, reports and statements.

. Worked in Agile Development Environments.

. Identified the problems, prioritizing them and communicated the bugs

to the developers.

. Worked on Security Module of DPI, granted read, write access to users

and verified the functionalities based on previllages.

Environment: HP sprinter, Quality center, SQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL

Server, AS400, QTP, Loadrunner, Windows 2000/2007/XP/NT/9x.

Bank of America, Plano, TX

May 2010 - April 2014

Sr. QA Analyst / Business Analyst/ SQL report expert

Making Home Affordable is the federal government's plan to help millions of

homeowners to avoid foreclosures by reducing their monthly mortgage

payments to more affordable levels. The MHA programs are designed to help

homeowners who are struggling to stay in their homes, by participating in

these programs. Bank of America is helping to make monthly mortgage

payments more affordable for borrowers who have suffered a hardship or have

lost significant value in the property due to the current financial crisis.

Responsibilities:

. Contributed to use cases, business rules, alternate flows and

exception paths with business analysis knowledge.

. Developed detailed functional and performance test plans/test cases

and responsible for executing the test cases, test scripts using

Quality Center.

. Developed User-Acceptance Test cases and post-deployment scripts and

assisted users in conducting UAT.

. Performed smoke, GUI, integration, functional, regression, redundancy,

data integrity, system compatibility, installation and user acceptance

testing.

. Extensively worked on production support, analyzing the production

issues, resolving them ASAP.

. Used Quick Test Professional (QTP) for automated testing including

data driven testing

. Thorough knowledge of UFT/QTP, developing numerous public and private

class libraries in UFT, to facilitate plug and play scripting of

complex enterprise applications.

. Performed backend testing with SQL for data validation and data

integrity.

. Optimized SQL queries for better performance. Joins were implemented

(using TOAD)

. Manipulated data by creating and executing SQL Server scripts for test

execution.

. Discussed with logical data modelers to enhance knowledge of back-end

Testing.

. Analyzed System specification documents, business requirements and

attended review meetings with clients, developers to understand the

business. Generated, validated and maintained test documentation,

coordinated with testing team in writing/building test script, plans.

. Maintained automated test system environment for regression testing,

continuously update the test scripts in QC and QTP and executed as per

the releases.

. Prepared test status reports including Test Closure Reports.

. Administered Quality Center including customizations.

. Contributed to the Business Plan for assets owned by separate account

clients.

. Extensively worked on Team foundation server.

. Experienced in working and Developing Test Environments for Agile

development.

. Conducted Sprint Meetings.

. Experienced in HPQC, ALM.

. Used Selenium IDE for open source web testing.

Environment: Quality Center, Quick Test Professional, TFS, Java Eclipse,

LoadRunner, Selenium, Agile methodology, VB Script, XML, SQL, Oracle 11.

AmeriPath (Quest Diagnostics), Addison, TX

Jan 2007 - May 2010

Sr. QA Analyst

AmeriPath is one of the leading anatomic pathology practices in the United

States. AmeriPath offers a broad range of testing and information services

used by physicians in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of

cancer and other diseases and medical conditions. The task is to lead the

automation and manual testing efforts on the Pathway application modules

Lab Information System (LIS) and Billing Information Systems (BIS) using

QTP and Quality Center.

Responsibilities:

. Developed functions for data driven test scripts for Functional

testing.

. Designed and developed the test strategies and test plans.

. Worked on different testing methodologies (functional, regression,

system, integration, performance, stress, smoke) based on the business

requirements and developed appropriate testing approaches for multiple

LIS applications, Cognos and related releases.

. Defined and reviewed automation test plans using QTP.

. Coordinated test process with business analysts, application

developers and data architecture team.

. Worked on Security Module of LIS.

. Provided Project leads with weekly status reports.

. Worked as Mercury QC admin to add new users, add multiple new fields,

including customization of QC, routine maintenance and ad-hoc user

requests.

. Involved in code reviews and made valuable suggestions to the

development team.

. Worked in Agile Development Environments.

. Identified the problems, prioritizing them and communicated the bugs

to the developers.

Environment:

Mercury Tools (QuickTestPro8.2/9.1, LoadRunner8.0, Quality Center 8.2),

Java, Nexaweb, JDB, XML, HTML, VBscript, Unix, SQL Developer, Oracle 10g,

Eclipse, Cognos Reporting, Jira, IDX, Informatica, Windows XP Professional,

MS Excel, MSWord.

IRS, Dallas, TX

Aug 2006 - Dec 2006

CM \ BA \ Tester

The IRS is a bureau of the Department of the Treasury and one of the

world's most efficient tax administrators. Provide America's taxpayers top

quality service by helping them understand and meet their tax

responsibilities and by applying the tax law with integrity and fairness to

all.

My primary projects involved CM\BA\Testing.

My responsibilities included but were not limited to:

Responsibilities

. Involved in building the latest DI code in to an application package

(EAR file).

. Involved in deploying the latest EAR file to development servers.

. Involved in preparing a Version Description Document to submit the DI

application to Software Acceptability Testing or to Production.

. Involved in submitting a special Training EAR to be deployed on the

MCC servers.

. Involved in maintaining release notes for the current versions.

. Involved in maintaining a list of development servers links.

. Involved in troubleshooting misbehaving development servers.

. Involved in maintaining ClearQuest defects.

. Involved in some of the Business Analyst tasks.

. Involved in Functional, Integration, Regression and System testing for

multiple releases of the application using ClearCase and ClearQuist.

IRS, Dallas, TX

July 2005 - July2006

Sr. QA Analyst

Responsibilities

. Worked closely with the Business Analysts and Developers in

Identifying ambiguities in requirements.

. Developed Test Plan based on the Business Requirements Documents.

. Involved in Functional, Integration, Regression and System testing for

multiple releases of the application using Clear Case and Clear Quist.

. Defects were tracked and analyzed the variation between the expected

and actual results of various Forms (1040, 1040EZ, W-4

. CMM Level 3 Certification.

. Hold secret clearance granted by U.S. Treasury Department.

Environment: RGS, Clear Case, Clear Quist, VB, Microsoft Excel, Word,

PowerPoint, XP, Java, UNIX, .Net

Mutual Service Corporation, FL

July 2004 - June 2005

Sr. QA Analyst

Mutual Service Corporation is a leading financial planning broker / dealer

partner, a Registered Investment Advisor firm. Registered in all 50 states,

and a wholly owned subsidiary of Pacific Life Insurance Company.

Responsibilities

. Discussed with user groups to familiarize with requirements.

. Developed Test Plan based on the Business Requirements Documents.

. Developed functions for data driven test scripts for Functional

testing.

. Developed Functional Test scripts to validate features as end user

perspective, according the mock-ups and application flow in Quality

Center (Mercury tool).

. Performed Functional, Integration and Regression testing according to

the business requirements.

. Involved in code reviews and made valuable suggestions to the

development team.

. Worked on Aruba Project.

Environment: Quick Test Pro 8.2, Quality Center 8.2, Oracle, VB, AS400,

.Net

Pfizer, NJ

September 2003 - June 2004

Sr. QA Analyst

Pfizer Inc discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets leading

prescription medicines for humans and animals and many of the world's best-

known consumer brands. Pfizer products improve the quality of life of

people around the world and help them enjoy longer, healthier, and more

productive lives. The company has three business segments: health care,

animal health and consumer health care. Pfizer products are available in

more than 150 countries.

Responsibilities

. Involved in Writing and implementing Test cases and Scripts.

. Generated Test Scripts using WinRunner for Regression Testing.

. Performed functionality and Regression testing of web application

using QTP tool.

. Organized bug scrub meetings to explain and prioritize the issues

. Interacted with the end users to gather or modify the business

requirements.

. Analyzed Test results to meet the end user needs.

. Performed Release Validation testing for core functionality

. Performed backend Testing and browser-compatibility testing of the

Application

. Used extensive SQL queries to compare database and periodic report

generated by the application for various levels of management for

decision and control purpose.

Environment: WinRunner, Test Director, LoadRunner, .NET Framework, POS,

Soap UI & XML, Visual C#, ASP.Net, ADO.Net, Visual Studio .Net, XML, XSLT,

CSS, HTML / DHTML

Allegiance Telecommunication, Dallas, TX

Jan 2002 - July 2003

Sr. QA Analyst

Allegiance Telecom is a telecommunications provider that provides

communication solutions exclusively for businesses and carriers nationwide.

Allegiance Telecom delivers a variety of services ranging from, Local to

Long Distance telephone service, DSL to Dedicated Internet Access (DIA),

and VPN to Firewall solutions. Allegiance Telecom also has an award-

winning Internet backbone network and local presence in more than 60 U.S.

major metropolitan markets.

Responsibilities

. Developed Test Plan based on the Business Requirements Documents.

. Performed Functional, Regression testing according to the business

requirements.

. Involved in code reviews and made valuable suggestions to the

development team.

. Extensively worked on setup of DSL, VDSL, DHCP devices to support

testing

. Worked in Identifying the outstanding Issues and contradictory

statements in User Requirements and Specifications.

Environment: WinRunner 6.5, LoadRunner 6.5, Test Director 6.5, Oracle,

DSL, VDSL, DHCP devices, Microsoft Excel, Word, AS400, windows NT 4.0, C++,

Java, EJB, Unix (HP-UX 10.2), FTP

References will be provided upon request.

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